Automatic self striking and landing reel for commercial fishing



G. M. MICHAELIS.

AUTOMATIC SELF STRIKING AND LANDING REEL FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9. 1919.

1 60,429, Patented Nov. 30, 1920;

2 SHEETSSHEET F1; 0 1 w I I III Wilmess: I x 14 Georg; .Michaelis.

"Qvlfi ATTORNEY G. M. MICHAELIS.

AUTOMATIC SELF STRlKl-NG AND LANDING REEL FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING.APPLICAIION FILED OCT. 9. 1919.

1 360,429. Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

I FZ or M Michaelis.

M ATTORNEY UNITED sTAT s PATENT OF El CE.

GEORGE M.' MICHAELIS, F WILMINGTON, CALIFORNIA.-

AUTOMATIC SELF STRIKING AND LANDING REEL FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING.

a citizen of the United States, residing at Wilmington, in the county ofLos Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and usefulAutomatic Self Striking and Landing Reel for Commercial F ishing,

of which the-following is a specification.

Ilhis invention relates to appliances for commercial fishing; and it isan improvement of a reel for which United States Let- .ters Patent wereissued tome the 6th day of June, 1905, No. 791,805; also in addition toimprovements of the reel there are incorporated other important andindispensable features that automatically co-act with the reel, and theinvention may be said to con- .sist' in the provision of the novelfeatures,

the improved construction, combination and arrangement of parts as Wlllappear hereinafter.

An object of the invention is to provide means for automaticallycontrolling a plurality of fishing lines that are disposed at oppositesides of a fishing craft.

Another object is to provide a manual and automatic means for increasingthe tension of the spring clutches to tire and retard the fish as theystruggle to escape and thereby unwind the fishing lines from the spools.

Another object of the invention is to provide an automatic striker forsnagging or hooking the fish.

Another object of the invention is to provide an appliance forindicating the pounds pull on the lines as they are unwound from thespools, thereby enabling the fisherman to increase or decrease theamount of pull necessary to retard the movement of the fish away fromthe reel; and to do so without danger of losing the fish or breaking theline.

Another object of the invention is to provide adjustable automaticclickers that will indicate when fish are hooked and running with thelines.

Other objects and features of invention may appear from the accompanyingdrawings, the subjoined detailed description and the appended claims.

The drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the appliance installed on a small fishingboat.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section online 40 Specification of Letters Patent.Patented N 0V. 30, 1920. Application flledflctober 9, 1919. Serial No.329,563.

of Fig. 1," parts broken away and parts Fig. 4, the tension wedge beingshown in full section and also moved down to position for retarding thereels or breaking them from free rotation.

Fig: 6 is an enlarged section on line as ofFig. 4, showing thepound-pull indicator. F ig. 7 is a section on line a of Fig. 4 showing adetail of one adjustable automatic clicker.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged plan of appliance as shown in Fig. 1, the boat andsupporting stand omitted and part of the engine broken away.

Fig. 9 is a section on line a of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged section on line a? of Fig. 9'.

The reel 1 consists of the spools 2 and associated parts that areoperatively connected to a shaft 3. Any number of spools can beemployed, but for convenience only two are shown and described; and asseen in the drawings the appliance is positioned centrally and towardthe forward part of the small fishing boat 4.

The shaft 3 is mounted in the bushings 5 that are secured in theoppositely disposed large pulley 13 and another pulley 15 is looselymounted on one end of the engine shaft 16. The pulley 15 has the hubextension 17 that is toothed to form one member of the clutch; whichclutch is of common construction and keyed to the shaft 16 in the usualway. The clutch member 18 is moved into or out of engagement with themember 17 by the hand lever 19; which lever has its lower end fulcrumedon the pin 20 in the fishing line guards.

standard 21 that 'is secured. byfithe bolt 22 to the tread board 12.

When the engine 23 is in operation and the lever 19 is actuated toengage the clutch member-18 with the member 17 the shaft 3 will berotated in a direction that will wind the fishing lines on to the spools2 when rotary clutch members, that will be hereinafter explained, aremoved into engagement with the spools.

About midway of the shaft 3 is thecollar 24 that is secured to the shaftby the set screw 25; and on opposite sides of this col- I lar andloosely mounted on the shaft 3 are the spools 2. These spools are eachformed of the hubs 26 to which are secured by the screws 27 the circulardisks or end plates 28, 29, 30, 31. The end plate 30. is slightly largerthan the plate 29 and it has theoutwardly and transversely extendingflanged rim 32 that overlies the periphery of the disk 29, the purposeof which is to prevent either of the fishing lines 33 or 34 from jumpingover the disks 29 or 30 and'entangling with the revolving shaft3. is aslight clearance between the periphery of the disks 28, 31 and'the innerwall of the drums 35, 36 so that the spools are free to run withoutfrictional contact with these The drums 35, 36 have top flangeextensions 37 that are secured by the screws 38 to the upper ends of thebearing stands 6., 7; and the lower part of the drums are secured byscrews 39 to the flanges 40 on the bearing stands 6, 7. I

Abutting the exterior sides of the disks 28, 31 are the collars 41, 42that are secured by the set screws 43 to the shaft 3 by which means thespools 2 are'loosely disposed on the shaft and positioned between thecollars so that they are free to rotate, but are prevented fromexcessive endwise movement.

Within the drums 35, 36 and mounted on the shaft 3 are the hubs 44having circumferential' grooves 45 in which the split rings 46 aremounted, which rings are secured 1n the bifurcated ends of the levers47. The levers 47 are fulcrumed on the pins 48 that are mounted in theextensions 49 that are integral with the bearing stands 6, 7.

The other, ends of the levers 47 are connected by the pins 50 to one endof the rods 51 which rods pass loosely through an opening 52 in theextensions 6, 7 on the upper ends of the bearing stands 6, 7 and theother ends of the rods-51 are threaded to fit the threaded sockets ofthe hand wheels 53.

The hubs 44 are ke ed to the shaft 3, the key way in the hubs eingenlarged so that the hubs can slide freely along the shaft There Itional contact blocks 55 that are, adaptedlto be moved either into orout of engagement:

with the spools tuated. H r a Wedges 56 having slots57 therein areinterposed between the hand wheels 53 and the extensions 6 7 on the up rends of the bearing stands 6, 7, the we ges being posi- 2 when thelevers 47 are actioned so that the rods '51 pass through the 1 slots 57.The wedges 56 are actuated by means of the bent levers 58 which levershave the ends 59 pivotally mounted on the.

extendin bushings 60 that are secured in the stan' s 6, 7; and one endof the wedges '56 are pivotally connected to the levers 58 by the bolts58. The other ends of the levers 58 are bent over, so that a portionthereof extends longitudinally with the spools andthe free ends of theselevers have the slots 61 that are in length substantially the distanceacross the face of the spools, throughwhich slot the fishing linesextend and through which they play when in action. Also the fishinglines are preferabl mounted on the sheave pulleys 33', 34 w 'ch pulleysare secured by any'well known means to the sides of the boat as shown'inthe drawear to one end of the slots 61 there are secured to the levers58 pairs of trip ins 62 which pins are spaced apart the width orthickness of the fishing lines; and the pur- The downward movement ofthe levers 58 7 also moves the enlarged portion of the wedges 56 to aposition between the hand wheels 53 and the extensions 6'. 7 on theupper ends of the bearing stands 6. 7 and thereby shifts the wheels 53outwardly and moves the rods 51 that operate the levers 47 to move theclutch members 55 into engagement with thespools 2 and retard them. Thisretarding'or' braking of the reels is. for the purpose of preventing thefish from running out too far with the lines and strip ping them fromthe spools.

Also this retarding pull to the lines is for t e purpose of snag ing thefish and cont'ollin th m after they are hooked, which ill lat r he morefullv ex la ned.

The f r oin movement nf parts i accn nlished hv turning the levers 5Runwmd until they move the wedges 56 to a position where their-narrowestparts are between the hand wheels 53 and extensions hen the arms 58reach the lower dotted or striking position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 theknots 63 escape from the trip pins 62.

.As seen in Fig. 10 the slots 61 in the arms- 58 are large enough forthe free passage of the knots 63; and as also seen in the other drawingsthe lines readily escape from between the pins 62 when the arms 58 aremoved downward.

As previously stated the downward movement of the arms 58 moves thethickened portion of the wedges 56 between the hand wheels 53 andextensions 6, 7 which movement of parts actuates the contacts 55 toretard the'spools; and this retarding of the reels'causes the strikethat snags or hooks I the fish.

When the fish take the bait and start with the line the fisherman iswarned of an impending strike by means of sprlng tongues 64 that areactuated by fingers 65 integrallyconnected to the spools. In other wordseach revolution of the spools causes the fingers 65 to contact with thefree ends of the tongues 64 and set them into audible v1bration.

The tongues 64 have one end integrally connected with the heads 66 ofthe bolts 67 which bolts extend downward through the slots 68 in thebottom of drums 35, 36 and are secured in place by the nuts 69; and bymeans of the slots 68 the tongues are adj usted toward or away from thefingers 65.

After the fish have been snagged by the tension automatically applied tothe line as hereinbefore described additional tension can be applied tothe lines or the tension re-. leased by the manual operation of the handwheels 53; that is by rotating these wheels so as to draw the rods 51outward the levers 47 will be actuated to apply additional pressure tothe spring arms 54 and thereby apply a heavier contact of the blocks 55to the spools and vice versa. By the foregoing means the fishermanapplies pressures to the blocks 55 until the resistance of the fish isovercome; after which the clutches are additionally actuated to causethe reels to rotate in unison with the rotating clutches and therebyretrieve the lines or rewind them on the spools by the engine.

Indicating fingers 70 have the hub portions 71 that are provided withscrew sockets 72 that are screwed on the outer ends of the rods 51 sothat the pointers of the fingers 70 are at 0 on the indicator scale 73when the hubs of the wheels, 53 abut or contact with the reduced portionof the wedges 56. Before the indicator fingers are set the wheels 53 areadjusted to apply a desired pull or tension on the fishing lines whenthe striking arms are actuated; then with the fingers set ashereinbefore described the wheels can be turned relative to theseindicating fingers to release or apply pressure to the spools whichchange. of pressure will decrease or increase the pounds-pull on thelines proportionally to the scale on the hand wheels, by which means thefisherman knows exactly how much resistance he is applying to hisoutgoing lines; and also how much resistance he can apply without dangerof losing the fish or breaking the lines; that is, a partial turn to onecomplete turn of the hand wheels, after they have been p'roperlyadjusted, applies an additional pull to the lines of from one pound totwo hundred pounds, or sufficient to check the run of any ordinarycommercial sea fish.

In operation the appliance is positioned in a fishing boat ashereinbefore described and the spools provided with lines for deep seafishing. Assuming that the lines are properly provided with hooks, baitand weights the spools are permitted to run loosely on the shaft 3 untilthe weights reach the fishing beds which are usually about six hundredfeet in depth, leaving on the spools considerable line for the play ofthe fish, When the fishing depth is determined, knots or trip buttonsare fixed to the lines so that additional unree'ling of the lines willbring these buttons into contact with the trip pins on the striking arms58, and the arms elevated to the desired position. Then the properadjustments of the hand wheels and indicators are made. In the meantimethe'clutch lever 19 is actuated so that the engine is driving the shaft3 on which the spools 2 are mounted. When fish attack the bait they runwith the lines which moves the buttons into contact with the pins on thetrip arms by which the latter are moved to set the clutches on thespools and retard them by which means the free outward run of the linesis suddenly stopped, thereby snagging or hooking the fish; after whichthe fisherman normally tightens the clutches to the spools by the handwheels 53 so as to retrieve the lines by engine power.

In trolling the lines are paid out a desired distance and when a strikeis made the appliance is operated for retarding, controlling andretrieving the fish as hereinbefore described.

I claim.

1. In a reel adapted for fishing, a shaft;

a s 001 revolubly mounted on said shaft; a c utch movably mounted onsaid shaft; and automatic means for moving said clutch to engage saidspool.

2. na reel adapted for fishing, ashaft; s ools revolubly'mounted on theshaft a c utch foreach s 001, said clutches movably mounted on the saft; and automatic means for moving said clutchesso' as to engage sa1dsp 3. In a reel adapted for fishing, a shaft; spools on said shaftadapted for takingup lines; clutches for engaging sald spools,saidclutches bein movably #mounted ,on said shaft; and stii 'ng arms adated to be operated for actuatin said clutc es.

4. In a reel adapte for'fishing, a shaft; spools revolubly mounted onsaid shaft; rotar clutches carried by the shaftfor frictiona 1y enga ingsaid spools; striln'ng arms; and means w ereby said'striking arms willmove said rota clutches so as to engage and rotate said spoo s.

5. In a reel adapted for fishing, a shaft;

spools revolubly mounted on said shaft;

rotar clutches carried bythe shaft for frictiona ly. engaging saidspools; strikin arms; wedges pivotally connected with sai striking arms;connections between said wedges and said rotary clutches; lines on saidspools for moving said striking arms so that they actuate said wedges;and means for drivin said shaft in a direction adapted to win said lineson said spools.

6. In a reeladapted for fishing, a shaft; spools revolubly mounted onsaid shaft;

rotary clutches attached to said shaft; strik- Q ing arms; wedgespivotally connected with said striking arms, said wedges adapted foractuating sald clutches; lines on said spools for actuating saidstriking arms so that said wedges are moved and thereb actuate saidrotary clutches; and means or constantly driving said shaft in adirection adapted to wind said lines on said spools. 1

7. In a reel adapted for fishing, spools; clutches adjacent to saidspools; striking arms ivotallyv connected with wedges that are a aptedto move said clutches into engagement with said spools; and lines onsaid spools, said lines being adapted to move said striking arms foractuatin said wedges.

8. In a reel adapted for shing,- spools rotatably mounted on a shaft;striking arms; lines on said spools, said lines being adapted to actuatesaid striking arms; rotary clutches adjacent to said reels; and meanswhereby said clutches are moved into engagement with said. spools whensaid striking arms are actuated b said lines.

9. In a reel adapted for fis ing, a shaft; spools mounted on said shaft;striking arms pivotall mounted on said shaft; trip pins attache to saidstriking arms; lines on said spools, said linesbeing adapted to movebetween said trip pins; knots or buttons on actuate said striking arms.

. 10. In'a reel adapted for fishin a shaft; spools mounted on saidshaft; stri ing arms pivotall mounted on said shaft; trip pins attacheto said striking arms; lines on said spools, said linespassing throughslots in the free ends of said striking arms; trip pins attached to saidstriking arms; means connected with said lines for en aging the trippins so as to actuate the stri ing arms;

and clutches adjacent to said spools, said clutches being moved intoengagement with said spools when said striking arms are actuated. I

11. In a reel adapted for fishing, the combination with a spoolrevolubly mounted in the reel, of a. revoluble clutch adjacent to saidspool; means for moving said clutch so as to retard the movement of thespool in one direction; and means whereby said revoluble clutch rotatessaid spool in the other direction.

12. In a reel adapted forfishing, the combination with a spool revolublymounted in the reel, of a revoluble clutch adjacent to said spool; astriking arm connected with said spool; means for moving the revolubleclutch into engagement with said spool so as to retard the movement ofthe spool in one direction when the striking arm is actuated; and meansfor additionally contacting said revoluble clutch with said spool inorder to rotate the spool in the other direction.

13. In a reel adapted for fishing, a spool; a revoluble clutch adjacentto said spool; a striking arm connected with said spool; automatic meansfor moving said revoluble clutch into engagement with said spool so asto retard the movement of the spool in one direction when said strikingarm is actuated; and manual means for additionally contacting saidrevoluble clutch with said spool in order to rotate the spool in the atongue adjustably mounted adjacent to said spool; and a finger on saidspool for engaging said tongue. 16. In a reel adapted for fishing, acoun- 5 tershaft operatively connected with, and driven by, an engineshaft; a plurality of spools loosely mounted on said countershaft;revoluble clutches on said countershaft, said clutches being adapted for10 manual or automatic movement into or out of clutching engagement withsaid spools; and auditory annunciators for indicating the rotation ofsaid spools.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles,California, this 15 19th day of September, 1919.

GEORGE M. MICHAELIS. Witness:

J Auns R. TOWNSEND.

